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52 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS OF
TENNESSEE'S MINING LAWS.
The following is the text of the three amendments
to the mining laws of Tennessee passed
by the extra session of the state legislature during
September, 1913.
CHAPTER No. 24.
Senate Bill No. 192.
AN ACT to require the operators of coal mines
in this State to provide and keep suitable appliances,
bandages, dressings, and medicines
for the first aid to the injured in said mines.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, That every operator
of a coal mine in this State shall provide
and keep in a convenient place at or near the
mouth of said mine, and in a room where the
same shall be well protected, a suitable stretcher,
bandages, dressings and medicines, for the first
aid to the injured in and about said mine. The
supplies to be furnished by the operator under
this Section shall be the same or equivalent to
those recommended in such cases by the first aid
department of the American Red Cross Society.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That every operator
of a coal mine in this State who shall violate
the first section of this Act shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00
for each offense.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect from and after October 1, 1913, the
public welfare requiring it.
Passed September 26, 1913.
NEWTON H. WHITE,
Speaker of the Senate.
W. M. STANTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved September 27, 1913.
BEN W. HOOPER,
Governor.
CHAPTER NO. 38.
Senate Bill No. 191.
AN ACT to provide for the organization and
maintenance of a trained body of men, for
the preservation of lives, and for rescue work
in case of explosion, or other serious mine
disaster, and to provide the conditions, requirements
and regulations under which this
organization may be formed and maintained.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, That when any
individual, company, corporation or other organization,
connected with any mine or mines in
this State, shall establish and equip a station with
approved oxygen breathing mine rescue appara­
tus, to conform to requirements hereinafter set
forth; and wherever six or more men in connection
with said station, shall have qualified as
hereinafter set forth, in the use of said apparatus;
then said station, through its owner or representative,
and six men constituting the rescue corps of
said station, may make application to the Chief
Mine Inspector to become a State Station, and
receive aid from the State for the maintenance
of same.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That State Stations
up to the number of six may be provided
for in different parts of the mining section of
this State. The section of the mining field in
which these stations may be located shall be decided
by the Chief Mine Inspector.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the requirements
for admission as a State Station shall be:
Each station shall have a suitable building or
place for the apparatus, together with a smoke
room, or other suitable place for the drill and
training of men in said apparatus.
The equipment of each station shall consist of
not less than four oxygen breathing apparatus,
of a type which have been approved by the U. S.
Bureau of Mine, two large oxygen tanks, and
one extra oxygen bottle, or set of bottles, for
each apparatus. Also, one safety lamp, and one
electric lamp for each apparatus, together with a
supply of such duplicate parts as might be easily
lost or destroyed. Also, one oxygen pump for
charging said apparatus and such other accessories
as are necessary for the successful use of
said apparatus for drill and rescue work.
It shall be the duty of the owners of each station
to keep all apparatus in good repair, and to
furnish at their own expense such duplicate parts
and repairs as are necessary. Also, to furnish
all oxygen and potash necessary for operating
said apparatus, the same to be paid for when
used for regular drill, or otherwise by the State
as is hereinafter provided for.
Six men shall constitute the official rescue corps
for each station, one of whom shall be chosen as
Captain. These men shall be chosen by the owners
of the station, or their representative, or by
the organization, as the ease may be, and shall
be approved by the Chief Mine Inspector. They
shall be men thoroughly acquainted with mining,
and preferably men working in the mine.
These men must have been examined by a physician
who has due knowledge of the requirements
of this service, and hold a certificate from him
as to their physical fitness for this work. They
must be holders of certificates of rescue training
from the U. S. Bureau of Mines, or have received
training in the apparatus equal to that required
by said Bureau for such certificate.
Each station must maintain official drill, or